In 2006, a National Academic Advisory Board was formed to further Rainbows mission by assisting the organization in positioning youth and loss as a public health issue; to allow the staff to have access to expertise when searching for current studies and statistics and to strengthen Rainbows evaluation of its programs. Our Advisory Board consists of professors, clinicians, practitioners, and researchers who are specialists in youth, loss, grief, depression or trauma.

Dr. Michaela L.Z. Farber
Assistant Professor
National Catholic School of Social Service
Director, National Research Center for Child and Family Services
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

Dr. Laurie Kramer
Professor of Applied Family Studies
Department of Human and Community Development
The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Gary Laumann
Assistant Professor
Department of Human and Community Development
The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Sr. Francis Ryan
Professor
College of Education, Human Services and Counseling
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois